World History Unit 7
Middle Ages
European history--from Rome's fall to the Renaissance
The basic component a nation does NOT need to become industrialized is:
Fertile soil
steam engine
able to power the machines; more versatile use of power
Crusades
attempts to free the Holy Land from the Muslims
free-enterprise system
businesses competing for profit without undue government intervention
Industrial Revolution
change from hand power to machine power
Whitney
cotton gin
Fulton and Stephenson developed steam locomotives.
false
The following groups of people became factory workers:
farmers women and children skilled artisans
steam locomotive
faster and safer than road travel; could carry freight overland
Kay
flying shuttle
The blast furnace:
has great quantities of air forced throughout
profit motive
investing at a risk for financial gain
Coke, an essential improvement in the iron industry:
is coal with certain impurities removed
improved road building
made road travel safer, more enjoyable, with fewer delays
The Industrial Revolution needed:
many new inventions
steam ship
not having to rely on wind power provided quicker distribution of goods
Gutenberg
printing press
Effects the Crusades had in sparking the industrial age included:
revived interest in trade revived interest in business increased desire to be prosperous and productive
The factory worker bore the brunt of the factory system through the stifling of his:
self-worth creativity dignity
Hargreaves
spinning Jenny
Patterns monasteries established for helping industry included:
strict discipline specific work responsibilities
Steel is iron:
that has certain minerals added
Positive advantages of the machine age were:
that it supplied jobs that it improved the economy that it increased productivity
Early factories were located by rivers so they could operate by water power.
true
Newcomen and Watt made improvements in the steam engine.
true